Chilled might work better, as the can would/might contract. What made me think it could explode is how a can of pop in the freezer expands, then ruptures, right?
I always thought a disc would make a much better agitator. A disc could scrape the bottom of the can too. I know, PARTY POOPER.
A soda can is full when it explodes in the freezer. A paint can would be pretty empty, so there is nothing in the can to expand.
C'mon you guys, it isn't rocket science A shop rag over the empty can and a chisel and a hammer to puncture it. A little puff caught by the shop rag and then tin snips to open the can. The cold comments are humorous, one way would be to dip the can into liquid nitrogen for a bit then drop it on the floor
We used to use them with a sling shot to keep dogs out of the yard. LOL they also work really well in a zip gun.
A rag over the can, a screw driver and a hammer making a hole near the bottom of the can is my chosen method. Once open, I can pour any remaining paint into a can. (the guys use a lot of satin black around the shop so the extra paint usually does not go to waste and can be used with a brush). A pair of tin snips makes the opening bigger to retrieve the marble.
For what ever reason we used to refer to them as "Borshki Balls"! I have no knowledge of where that came from, but all the guys in our area called them that. Go figure! KK
When I was a skeered kid, I used a hatchet to open the can and get the marble out. Ever since I use a 'church key' can opener. The point starts a tiny hole which can relieve pressure
Well I just might have to line the bunch of cans I have up and take the Red Ryder or the pellet pistol to them tomorrow. I keep forgetting to cut them open.
Most are shades of blue, green, clear and black. I have several that are solid orange and green and I have one that is very close to red so maybe they do exists.
Another way to open a spray paint can, is to leave it on the radiator support when you slam the hood of a 56 Chevrolet. That way makes a real mess however; I can personally attest to that. It was gray primer, and I managed to get it mostly cleaned up; the 396 had't been dropped into place yet. Course I got it all over me when I opened the hood to see what happened; I was also a little prematurely gray on one side. It was a really small hole; thankfully it did't "explode". Retrieving the marble was way down on my list priorities. I am Butch/56sedandelivery.
It would stick to the bottom of the can held in place by the thicker paint that settles at the bottom. - The very same thick paint that you are trying to stir up.
Been collecting rattle can marbles for a few years. Recently used a few different colors on a lampshade for a custom lamp my Daughter asked me to make for my Son-in-law. I store them in old mason jars and pleased to report at my age I have not lost my marbles yet.
Grammar school I attended 3rd grade was definitely Pro-Marble! Some of the boys had laid out a 'course' on the parkway across the closed street at the edge of our playground. A walked-over section about 12 feet wide by 30 feet long was just dirt, the rest lawn...scores of high school kids walking through had made this hardened earth the perfect place for a course. Small holes were dug, scraped out with Boy Scout knives, the large blade...holes were hardball size, at least the first 3! #1 was about 3 feet out, then #2 was 4 feet...#3 about 4 feet more, but # 4? It was past a bank to the outside...but hole was past the bank, then on the Inside! #5 cut across toward the curb, right next to it. #6 went 'inland' again, then #7. It was the 'top'. A small 'hill' had been formed, hole right at the top. Hole no bigger than a golf ball! Just about 30 feet in all, but #4 and #7 were the hardest. I actually witnessed Jimmy Anderson utilizing #4's restrictive 'bank' as a 'jump, right into the hole...one shot. Then, he went on to take 5 & 6, charging up the #7 hill and knocking it out like a WWII Pillbox! Fun stuff, them marbles...My Mom said my right thumb had the perfect manicure. The cuticle was polished off to nothing! (my 'shooter'...)
I hope everyone has traditional marbles....buncha fuckin hooligans...antitailgating,dog runner offers, slingshot and zip gun freaks. I'm going back to the crocheting forum where it's safe!!
I stick them in a milk crate upside down and when full I take the crate outside, laying on its side and me and my son have a little pellet gun bonding. You can just see them in the crate in this cropped photo.
I’ve been saving paint can marbles since the 70s when an old timer told me to put them in my siphon guns cup to keep metallic paint stirred up.
Ok that explain it, I asked on another thread why to harvest the marbles? I guess the answer is --just because!!
i used to save em for my grandkids, now they are 26 and 22 so i don't believe they play with em anymore.
Lee and Norma lived a couple farms down the road. They both had recently turned 92 years old. One day, Lee asked me, "Rick.. do you think I still have all my marbles?" I replied, " I don't know, Lee... how many did you start out with?"
I see now this is a old thread but what the he'll...my method of removal from the can is I first hit them with a old Peking hammer just to relieve any pressure then I used modified 0ld paper cutter drop it between two blocks of wood that I have added ,slide it so it hangs overthe edge and slice it off ...I have it sloped slightly so the marble just rolls out....have been considering setting up a old electric meat slicer for the job but haven't yet, Here's a few of mine ,and yes I have a red one , I don't know if it's the type of red that everyone talks of, but it's what I'm calling it oddly it came a can of gray paint
All proof that we’re living in a different time and for them it may as well be a different world and it’s not a better one.
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